Hair waving device



June 15, 1937. P, TRESENBERG 2,083,761

HAIR WAVING DEVICE Filed May 9, 1936 FIG. 6. m

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BY flip/ M AT TORNEY.

Patented June 15, 1937 I UNITED STAT PATENT a Paul Tresenberg, Springfield Gardens, N. Y. Application May 9, 1936, Serial No. 78,881

A 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a deviceifor use in connection with the Waving of the hair, and particularly for the purpose of holding the ridge or crest of each of the hair waves to enable the same to set after it has been finger, water or otherwise waved.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, easily manufactured device of light weight which can be worn by the user without inconvenience or discomfort and which will effectively hold the wave in the hair while the hair is drying.

It has been proposed to hold said wave crest by means of hair pins, combs or devices which enter and hold the hair after the manner of a '15'straight toothed comb as is disclosed in Patent Number 1,889,166. It has been desirable that the said wave crest be more completely and efl'lciently held. Accordingly my present invention may be placed in position on the hair wave crest holding it, with substantially all of its hair strands, without discomfort to the user While it is being worn, and maybe removed easily without damage to the'hair or shape of the crest.

To accomplish this a spring clip having two arcuate shaped jaws in the form of plates, which are arched or curved transversely and are provided with a plurality of angularly struck out teeth, the end portions of the teeth on one jaw preferably angularly overlying those on the other jaw in a manner to hold and grip therewithin substantially all of the strands of the crest of waved hair contacted by the lower edges of the plates. The teeth also are adapted to limit the closing movement of the clip and to avoid the imposition of excess pressure on the hair gripped between the jaws.

In the drawing, Fig. l is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3--3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the device. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary bottom plan view of the device with the jaws open.

Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view showing an embodi- 5 ment of this invention.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary bottom plan view of the device with the jaws open.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary bottom plan view showing an embodiment of this invention wherein 50 the ends of the teeth touch each other when the jaws are in closed position.

The device consists generally of two substantially similar jaws in the form of arcuate plates I0, and II, preferably of sheet metal. The jaws 55 are hingedly connected at their rear edge by wardly extended, angular plate or finger piece I 02, and a similar plate or finger piece H2, is provided on plate II. A coil spring I5, situated between the plates Ill and II acts to spread the finger pieces apart and to bring the arcuate plates Ill and II toward each other holding them in their closed position as shown in Figs. 3,4, and 6. The spring I5, is maintained in position between the plates 9 and III on the pin I2, by means 01' the small extending ends, I5I, thereof abutting against the inner sides of fingerrests I02 and I I2 respectively, and normally actuate same apart.

The jaw ID is formed with aplurality of prongs or teeth I03, which are struck out from the body of the plate and are bent angularly forward, sideward and downward and are preferably curved longitudinally thereof, circumferentially of. the

pivot I5. A similar cooperating series of prongs or teeth H3, is struck from. the jaw II, these teeth I I 3, being bent angularly forward, sideward and upward to overlie and contact the teeth I03, in preferably crossed relationship therewith. When the clip is in its closed position as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, the undersurface II3I, of H3 contacts the upper surface IIl3I of I03 frictionally to limit the extent of the closure of the jaws I I) and I I. The end tips of the teeth might also be caused to abut against the inner respective walls of IO and I I to, as another method, limit the extent of the closure of the jaws I0 and II so that when a wave of the hair is inserted in the clip, excess pressure thereon by the jaws I0 and II is prevented.

The device in use is shown in Fig. 3, where the manner in which the wave is held by the clip between its teeth and jaws is clearly shown. The clip is placed in position on a hair wave crest by holding the finger pieces pressed towards each other to spread the jaws apart to permit and cause the teeth, on release of pressure, to go under and into the ridge to pick up and grip all hair strands therebetween so that the entire ridge of hair may be positioned between the jaws to prevent spreading the ridge. The cooperating crossed teeth aid materially in this action. The plates or jaws I0 and II, being arcuately formed or shaped conform to the shape of the head and being transversely curved and preferably outwardly flared closely follow the curvature of the hair wave, and hold it securely without imposing undue pressure on it until the wave dries and sets. The teeth I03, II3 are so spaced that they enter the hair after the manner of a comb. They then grip and hold the hair at the cooperating contacting teeth surfaces, as aforementioned, and therefore retain a thorough hold on the crest which has been long desired in the art. The teeth are arranged to prevent cutting and damaging the hair.

In the prefered embodiment of my invention, shown in Figure 4, the jaw II], is formed with a plurality of prongs or teeth 103, formed so their ends angularly abut against the sides of a plurality of teeth of the jaw II, as shown, to limit the extent of the closure of the jaws l0 and II.

It is readily seen that said cooperating jaws and teeth may be arranged to abut against each other, at various angles and that such angular arrangement provides means to pick up substantially all contacted hair in a hair wave crest and to grip and hold same in position for drying and setting.

In Figure 8, is disclosed a. plurality of teeth I03, bent angularly forward, downward, and sideward. A similar series of teeth I03, bent angularly forward, downward and sideward to meet the ends of teeth I03 are provided. When the clip is in its closed position, the ends or extremities of the respective teeth angularly abut one another to limit the extent of closure of the jaws l0 and H.

Said jaw closure may also be limited by a depressed tongue I I9, formed integral of one of the jaws and arranged to abut against the other as shown in Fig. 3.

It is seen that such a clip may be placed and removed without causing inconvenience or discomfortto the wearer. It is also seen that it will not slip off the hair as will a comb or a device with non-crossed cooperating teeth.

As many apparently widely different embodiments of the invention could be devised without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description and claims or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. A clip for holding hair waves in place comprising, a pair of cooperating jaws pivotally hinged together and resiliently normally automatically directed toward one another, each of said jaws being in the form of an elongated arcuately shaped plate and each having a plurality of spaced teeth stamped from it bent away from the body towards the front edge, said teeth being curved longitudinally thereof circumferentially in relation with the hinged pivot connection and also being disposed to form oblique angles between their longitudinal sides and the lengthwise inner side of their respective plates, the teeth of one plate being non-parallel longitudinally with the teeth of the other plate to cooperatively diagonally lappingly engage each other, and to relatively diagonally underlie the contacted strands of hair to lift same upwardly between the jaws when the jaws move toward one another.

2. A clip for holding hair waves in place comprising, a pair of cooperating jaws pivotally hinged together and resiliently normally automatically directed toward one another, each of said jaws being in the form of an elongated arcuately shaped plate and each having a plurality of spaced teeth stamped from it bent away from the body towards the front edge, said teeth being curved longitudinally thereof circumferentially in relation with the hinged pivot connection and also being disposed to form oblique angles between their longitudinal sides and the lengthwise inner side of their respective plates, the teeth of one plate being non-parallel longitudinally with the teeth of the other plate to cooperatively diagonally abut each other and to relatively diagonally underlie the contacted strands of hair to lift the hair upwardly between the jaws when the jaws move towards one another.

PAUL TRESENBERG. 

